“I don’t believe MMA is in the budget, talking to budget officials at this point in time, but I see that on parallel paths,” Griffo said after the speech. “It’s an economic opportunity, there are some philosophic differences with members, so we’ll do parallel paths. If we can put it in the budget to continue to put it through the process, if not, we’ll look at it legislatively, independently.”

In a budget with so much pain, though, I expect it might slide in as a replacement for something.